Auxiliary body for automobiles.



T. D. PRINDIVILLB. AUXILIARY BODY FOR AUTOMOBILES.

APPLICATION FILED NOV.8, 1912.

Patented June 9, 1914.

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THOMAS D. PRINDIVILLE, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI. ASSIGNOR, OF ONE-HALF T0 ROBERT H. ALBRECHT, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI.

AUXILIARY BODY FOR AUTOMOBILES.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 9, 1914.

Appiication filed November 8,1912. Serial No. 730,289.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, THOMAS D. PRINDI- VlLLE, a citizen of the United States, residing at St. Louis, in the State of Missouri, have invented new and useful Improvements in Auxiliary Bodies for Automobiles, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to auxiliary bodies for automobiles, the object in view being to provide a sectional limousine or storm body for automobiles which may be easily and quickly mounted in place upon the chassis of an automobile, and which will entirely surround, encompass and inclose the body with which the machine is originally provided, thereby protecting the occupants from the weather.

\Vith the above and other objects in view, the invention consists in the construction, combination and arrangement of parts, as will be hereinafter more fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawings, and pointed out in thel claim hereunto ap pended. 1

In the drawings: Figure 1 is a side elevation of an automobile, showing the auxiliary body in place thereon. Fig. 2 is avertical longitudinal section through the same. Fig. 3 is a horizontal longitudinal section through the body. Fig. 4 is a detail sectional view, showing the bottom fastening. Fig. .7 is a similar view, illustrating the side fastening. Fig. 6 is a similar view, showing the top fastening. Fig. 7 is a perspective view of one of the socket plates. Fig. b is a perspective view of one of the tongue plates. I

,lleferring to the drawings, A designates an automobile, con'iprisiiig the usual uncov-' cred body B, such as is ordinarily employed in touring cars and rmidstersfi. designating the side bars of the chassi all of said parts being of the usual construction and arrangement. I

The auxiliarybody contemplated in this invention is designed to extend entirely around the primary or original body B oi the machine, and in order that the same may be easily applied to and removed from its position, said body is made up of a number of sections, the body comprising the 'oppo sitely arranged sides 1, the front 2, back 3, and top or cover 4. Each of the sides 1 is provided at its bottom edge with a plurality of angle brackets 5, the horizontal in-' wardly extending portions (3 of which are adapted to abut against the side bars C of the chassis, the same being fastened securely in place by means of U-shapcd clamps 7 provided with clamping screws 8.

Extending along the front and rear up rights of the sides 1 and secured to the inner faces thereof, are socket plates 9, each of which is provided with a substantially T- shaped slot, or in other words, a slot enrbodying a relatively wide upper portion 10, and a narrower lower portion 11 which is made gradually tapering or narrmving in width toward the bottom, the purpose of which is to enable the tongue member, hereinafter referred to, to wedge itself tightly in said slot.

Secured to the corresponding side uprights of the front and back and 3, respectively, are tongue members, each embodying a base or attaching plate 12 secured in any convenient manner, and provided with an outwardly extending tongue 13 having an expanded end portion 14, just narrow enough to pass through the wider portion 10 of the slot in the plate 9, while the body of the tongue 13 is adapted to move downwardly in the tapering portion 11 of the slot, the wider portion of the tongue being caught and held behind the plate 9. This provides for detachably fastening the front .and back of the body to the oppositely located sides of the same. In order to prevent any relative up and down movement between the sides and thefront and back of the body, I.pro

vide a sliding locking bolt 15 which is mov able in a plane Just. over the uppermost tongue and socket fastening just hereinabove described, said plate forming in effect a. belt for locking the sections together at the corners where they meet,

The top or cover 4 is provided intermediate its ends with downwardly extending cars 16 adapted to'receive thumb screws 17 entering the sides 1., so as to holdthc top or cover in place thereon. At its four corncrs, the top or cover is provided with downwardly extending tongues or projections 18, which are notched to form shoulders 1.9, each of which is adapted to be engaged by av I extending lever 23, by

means of which the cam is operated. e top or vcover 4 is placed upon the sides and the front and back, and the projections 18 extend downward until the spring catches 20 snap into engagement with the shoulders 19 thereof, in which position they may be clamped by means of the cams 22.

In view of the foregoing description, it will be seen that the auxiliary body is composed of five main sections, and that all of said sections are securely fastened together but adapted to be readily detached from each other and from the frame or chassis of the automobile. When the auxiliar body is in place on the machine, it entire y incloses and encom passes the original or usual body of the machine, and therefore the seats of the machine are properly located under either arrangement. The body serves as an ample protection for the occupants of the machine in bad Weather, may be easily and quickly applied and removed, may be made quite light in construction, and may be given any desired ornamentation or finish, in accordance with the desires of the manufacturer or owner. a

What is claimed is:

An auxiliary demountable sectional and knock down limousine body for automobiles, comprising two sides each embodyin' a door opening which is entirely surrounds by and included between the top and bottom and side margins thereoff'a front, a back, and a top, angle brackets at the bottom edges of said, sides adapted to extend under the side frame bars of the chassis, means for fastening said angle brackets to said side bars of the chassis, other fastenin means for securing the front and back to the sides, and means for fastening the marginal edges of the top to-the sides, the auxi 1iary body as a 'whole when in place encompassing the original body of the machine so as to entirely incloseand cover the same.

in presence of two witnesses.

THOMAS D. PR NDIVILLE WVitnesses: I

LAURENCE PRILNDIVILLE, CHARLES Lnonrrannr.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature 

